Contributors

Ellen F. Davis
Professor, Duke Divinity School

Ellen F. Davis is the Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke University Divinity School. Her research interests focus on how biblical interpretation bears on the life of faith communities and their responses to urgent public issues, particularly the environmental crisis and interfaith relations. Her most recent book, Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible (Cambridge University Press, 2009), integrates biblical studies with a critique of industrial agriculture and food production.

Francis Deblauwe
Editor, Alexandria Archive Institute

Francis Deblauwe is a scholar of ancient Mesopotamia and an editor with the Alexandria Archive Institute, San Francisco. He has excavated in Belgium, Jordan, Syria, and Turkey and has taught at universities in Germany and the United States. He has written about spatial analysis of buildings, digital archaeology, and Yemeni and Iraqi heritage in international academic as well as popular publications.

April D. DeConick
Professor, Rice University

April D. DeConick is the Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of Biblical Studies at Rice University. She is the author of The Thirteenth Apostle: What the Gospel of Judas Really Says (Continuum, 2007) and Holy Misogyny: Why the Sex and Gender Conflicts in the Early Church Still Matter (Continuum, 2011).

Nicola Denzey Lewis
Visiting Associate Professor, Brown University

Nicola Denzey Lewis is a visiting associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Brown University. An award-winning teacher and researcher, she is a frequent contributor to Bible Odyssey. She is also featured in documentaries on the Bible and Early Christianity on the History Channel, the BBC, and CNN's new six-part series, Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, and Forgery.

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